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A history: Monuments to Courage, a History of Beaver County

mcbooki279p205: History of Beaver Post No. 32, of the American Legion (cont.)

The Legion has done justice far and beyond the call of duty to our most sacred of all patriotic holidays.
In the fall of 1926, the Beaver Post of the American Legion, with city and county officials promoted and sponsored the Beaver County Fair and Rodeo, one of the season's outstanding events for several years. Corrals and arena were constructed on the city park grounds. Horse round-ups were held to get wild broncos and' out-standing cowboys and riders from all over the West were soon to look on Beaver's Rodeo as one of the shows of the West.
In November of 1926, members of the American Legion Post No. 32, decided a fitting celebration for that date marking the end of the first World War, Armistice Day, would be to have a feast of kings-a barbeque. A great open pit was dug and days before Armistice Day, logs were burned in the pit until it was full of live coals. Then the finest of Beaver County steers were roasted over the live coals. The open-pit barbeque, along with patriotic programs and Legion sponsored football and baseball games, became a regular activity of Armistice Day until the outbreak of World War Ii.
Community dances, sponsored by the American Legion, have always been a favorite of Beaver and the Legion alike. At first dances were held in rented halls which were soon to prove inadequate to handle the large crowds which turned out for a Legion Dance. Mem-hers began to discuss an open-air pavilion belonging to the Post as a need of the community and a way of financing other activities of the Post. Consequently in 1927, work was commenced on the present Legion Hall in Beaver City. Finances were underwritten by some of the mem-bers. All labor was contributed and voluntary. What was to have been an open-air pavilion ripened into a massive enclosed dance hall as we now know it. It was officially dedicated on Memorial Day, 1927, by the Governor of the State of Utah, Charles R. Mabey. .

The Legion has done justice far and beyond the call of duty to our most sacred of all patriotic holidays.
In the fall of 1926, the Beaver Post of the American Legion, with city and county officials promoted and sponsored the Beaver County Fair and Rodeo, one of the season's outstanding events for several years. Corrals and arena were constructed on the city park grounds. Horse round-ups were held to get wild broncos and' out-standing cowboys and riders from all over the West were soon to look on Beaver's Rodeo as one of the shows of the West.
In November of 1926, members of the American Legion Post No. 32, decided a fitting celebration for that date marking the end of the first World War, Armistice Day, would be to have a feast of kings-a barbeque. A great open pit was dug and days before Armistice Day, logs were burned in the pit until it was full of live coals. Then the finest of Beaver County steers were roasted over the live coals. The open-pit barbeque, along with patriotic programs and Legion sponsored football and baseball games, became a regular activity of Armistice Day until the outbreak of World War Ii.
Community dances, sponsored by the American Legion, have always been a favorite of Beaver and the Legion alike. At first dances were held in rented halls which were soon to prove inadequate to handle the large crowds which turned out for a Legion Dance. Mem-hers began to discuss an open-air pavilion belonging to the Post as a need of the community and a way of financing other activities of the Post. Consequently in 1927, work was commenced on the present Legion Hall in Beaver City. Finances were underwritten by some of the mem-bers. All labor was contributed and voluntary. What was to have been an open-air pavilion ripened into a massive enclosed dance hall as we now know it. It was officially dedicated on Memorial Day, 1927, by the Governor of the State of Utah, Charles R. Mabey. .